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The Histology of Nanomia Bijuga (Hydrozoa: Siphonophora) Samuel H bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/010868; this version posted April 2, 2015. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. The Histology of Nanomia bijuga (Hydrozoa: Siphonophora) Samuel H. Church1 Stefan Siebert1 Pathikrit Bhattacharyya1 Casey W. Dunn1 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, United States of America Figures: 6 Abbreviated Title: Histology of Nanomia bijuga Correspondence to: Samuel H. Church. Box 6381, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, United States of America. [email protected] Supporting Grant Information: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation by grant DEB-1256695, the Waterman Award, and NSF EPSCoR EPS-1004057. 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/010868; this version posted April 2, 2015. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Abstract The siphonophore Nanomia bijuga is a pelagic hydrozoan (Cnidaria) with complex morphological organization. Each siphonophore is made up of many asexually produced, genetically identical zooids that are functionally specialized and morphologically distinct. These zooids predominantly arise by budding in two growth zones, and are arranged in precise patterns. This study describes the cellular anatomy of several zooid types as well as of the stem and gas-filled float, called the pneumatophore. The distribution of cellular morphologies across zooid types enhances our understanding of zooid function. The unique absorptive cells in the palpon, for example, indicate specialized intracellular digestive processing in this zooid type. Though cnidarians are usually thought of as mono-epithelial, we characterize at least two cellular populations in this species which are not connected to a basement membrane. This work provides a greater understanding of epithelial diversity within the cnidarians, and will be a foundation for future studies on Nanomia bijuga, including functional assays and gene expression analyses. 2 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/010868; this version posted April 2, 2015. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Introduction Siphonophores are pelagic hydrozoans (Cnidaria) with a highly complex development and morphological organization (Totton, 1965). Many pressing questions regarding the biology of siphonophores remain unresolved (Pugh, 1999). In particular, there have been only a few examinations of the histology of a mature siphonophore colony (e.g. Carré, 1969; Bardi and Marques, 2007) , and it remains largely unclear what cell types are present, how they are distributed across zooids, and how the tissues are organized. A better understanding of Nanomia bijuga histology is fundamental to questions of zooid function, colony organization, and differential gene expression. The siphonophore Nanomia bijuga (delle Chiaje, 1841) begins as a single sexually produced polyp, the protozooid (Totton, 1965). The pneumatophore, a gas-filled float, forms as an invagination at the aboral or anterior end (Carré, 1969). We follow the conventions of Haddock et al. (2005) for siphonophore axes and orientation. Two distinct growth zones arise along the body column of the protozooid (Carré, 1969). At these growth zones, the protozooid body elongates and develops into the stem (Totton, 1965). New zooids are added to form a colony (Carré and Carré, 1995), with repeated zooid morphologies that are functionally and structurally specialized for particular tasks such as feeding, reproduction, and defense (Totton, 1965; Dunn and Wagner, 2006). Each zooid is a modified polyp or medusa (Totton, 1965). The two regions that arise from these growth zones are referred to as the nectosome, which carries the pneumatophore and propulsive zooids (nectophores), which serve locomotory function, and the siphosome, which carries all other zooids (Fig. 1, Totton, 1965; Mackie et al., 1988). The siphosome contains cormidia, which are reiterated sequences of feeding zooids (gastrozooids), digestive zooids (palpons), male and female reproductive zooids (gonozooids), and protective bracts (Totton, 1965; Mackie et al., 1988). The nectosomal growth zone is located posterior to the pneumatophore, and the siphosomal growth zone is located at the anterior end of the siphosome, adjacent to the posterior of the nectosome (Totton, 1965). Cnidarians are generally described to have diploblastic tissue layer composition; they have an outer ectoderm (also known as epidermis) and an inner endoderm (also known as a gastrodermis), separated by extracellular matrix (Thomas and Edwards, 1991). The extracellular structure on which these cells rest is known as the mesoglea and is composed of fibers in an amorphous matrix (Thomas and Edwards, 1991). Each of these cnidarian tissue layers is generally thought to be only one cell thick (mono-epithelial) (Thomas and Edwards, 1991). Stem cells, known as i-cells, were originally described in hydrozoans (Weismann, 1892). These stem cells have been shown to give rise to nematocytes, neural cells, gametes, secretory cells and, in 3 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/010868; this version posted April 2, 2015. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. some species, epithelial cells (Bosch and David, 1987; Plickert et al., 2012). Several studies have touched on different aspects of the biology of N. bijuga, though many basic details remain unknown (Metschnikoff, 1870; Claus, 1878; Chun, 1891; Totton, 1965). Carré (1969) provided a detailed description of gametogenesis and the embryological origin of the pneumatophore, as well as descriptions of the gastrozooid. Dunn and Wagner (2006) described the organization of zooids within the colony and the budding sequence that gives rise to them. Features of the nervous system were described by Mackie (1973; 1978) and Grimmelikhuijzen et al. (1986). Siebert et al. (2011) quantified differential gene expression between zooids using RNA-seq, and demonstrated the first in situ mRNA hybridizations in the species. Siebert et al. (2014) described the distribution of stem cells throughout N. bijuga, finding that they are restricted to the growth zones, young zooids, and particular regions of some mature zooids. This study provides a systematic investigation of the microscopic anatomy of the mature Nanomia bijuga colony through the use of thick sections and transmission electron microscopy, as well as a study of neural cell distribution through in situ hybridization. Emphasis is placed on the pneumatophore, gastrozooid, and palpon, with additional insight into the stem and gonodendra. Bracts and mature nectophores are not examined, as their enlarged gelatinous mesoglea makes them difficult to investigate with the tools used here. Methods Thick Sections and Electron Microscopy Specimens were collected in Monterey Bay on 29 Sep 2012 via blue-water diving from a depth of 10–20 m. The specimens examined here were also used for the histological examinations of stem cells by Siebert et al. (2014). Slides with representative thick sections and three additional whole Nanomia bijuga specimens collected on the same dive have been deposited in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, accession numbers IZ 50112 – IZ 50016. Specimens were relaxed by adding isotonic 7.5 % MgCl2·6H2O in Milli-Q water at a ratio of approximately ⅓ MgCl2 and ⅔ FSW and fixed in 0.5 % glutaraldehyde and 4% paraformaldehyde in filtered seawater (FSW) for two minutes, transferred to 4% paraformaldehyde in FSW, and stored overnight at 4ºC. After five washes with phosphate buffered saline (PBS), tissue was stored at 4ºC in the presence of sodium azide [1ng/ml]. Specimens were postfixed in 2% glutaraldehyde, 4% paraformaldehyde, 100mM sucrose, and 100mM sodium cacodylate buffer. Specimens were treated with a postfix of 100mM sucrose, 4 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/010868; this version posted April 2, 2015. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 100mM sodium cacodylate, and 1% osmium tetroxide overnight, after which they were washed with water and ethanol. Tissue was processed for resin embedding according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Spurr’s Low Viscosity Resin, no. 14300). All washes and incubations were conducted at slow agitation on a rocker table. Thick sections (0.5-0.75 µm) were prepared with glass knives, dried and counterstained for 30 seconds using toluidine blue (0.1%) in a sodium borate buffer, which stains nucleic acids blue and polysaccharides purple. Ultra thin sections (90nm) were prepared using a Diatome size 6
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